The Mitten Worksheets

by Jan Brett

Reading Level M · Lexile 600L · ATOS 3.9

Nicki wants mittens as white as snow, so his grandmother Baba knits them, and then he drops one in the snowy woods without noticing. One by one, a mole, a snowshoe rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox and a big bear squeeze inside, until a tiny meadow mouse tickles the bear's nose. A Ukrainian folktale retold with Jan Brett's famous borders that peek at what comes next.

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The Mitten vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include knit, warned, burrowed, admire, commotion, talons, investigate, lumbered, swelled, acorn, enormous, scattered.

Sample questions

Why doesn't Baba want to knit white mittens at first?
Which animal is the first to crawl into the lost mitten?
Why do the mole and the rabbit make room for the hedgehog?

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